Berlin High School - Lamp Yearbook (Berlin, CT)

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CLASS WILL WE, the Class of 1950, of the Berlin High School, Town of Berlin, County of Hartford, and State of Connecticut, do with unclouded intellect and clear memory, hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our Last Will and Testament in the manner and form following: To Mr. MacLaughlin, we leave hoping that his dreams of a new high school will soon come true. To Mr. MacKenzie, we leave hoping that the incoming Freshmen Class will not be as bothersome as we have been. To Mrs. McNickle, we leave our thanks for being one of the nicest persons there is. To Mr. Fabian, we leave a bottle of Ho 02 in case he wants to follow the fad of the Senior girls. To Mr. Kevorkian, we leave our pardons and a peace pipe. We leave Mr. Gibney wishing we didn't have to. To Miss Lynch, our wonderful yearbook adviser, we leave our many thanks. From Miss Thompson we take our Senior boys. To Miss Lagerstrom, we leave our thanks for being such a wonderful person. To Miss Quill, we leave hoping that she will have many pleasant years at Berlin High. To Mrs. McDermott, we leave hoping that she will some day have a well-equipped home economics room. To Mrs. Porter, we leave hoping that she will have many successful years with the Dramatic Club. To Miss Beckingham, we leave taking five cheerleaders with us. To Mr. Harris, we leave hoping that he will have a new music room in the near future. To Miss McBrien, we leave hoping that her wish that a B. H. S. girl will some day enter Albertus Magnus College be fulfilled. To Miss LeVan, we leave a thirty-hour day so that she may have time to fulfill her many duties. To Mr. Matthews, we leave hoping that he will have peace and quiet in his solid trig, class next year. WE leave: Mary Alkas' stack of textbooks to Hank Firnhaber. John Adamson's card playing in Room 8 to Calvin Lewis. Willard Avery's way with women to Ray Tomasi. Faith Baldwin's.................................................. many duties to Emil Virga. Gerry Beilman's book Ten Easy Lessons on How to Get Along With the Ladies to Ted Ziel. Marilyn Carlson's date book to Irna Wolfe. Richard Carlson's inquiring nature to John Gadzik. Arthur Conger's jalopy to Dorothy Hrubiec. Ed Cooney's musical ability to Anthony Legnani. Charlie Crowell's space on the football team to Stanley Budzinski. Lee Daigle's........................ cheerleading ability to some prospective cheerleader. Mary D'Amico's extreme quietness to Connie Johnson. Cynthia Deming's................................... record Don't Cry Joe to Rose Rector. Nancy Dyer's instructions on How to Drive Carefully to Cliff Hamilton. Bob Fiori's......................................... love of studying to Roger Rochefort. Grace Firnhaber very much changed. Vickie Godek's place on the honor roll to Laurette Dubuc. Bob Griffith's......................................................likeable ways to Bob Boy.

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EUGENE WALTER UZPURVIS BERTHA RUTH VENTRES Gene . . . speaks three languages . . . went to a list of schools . . . loads of friends . . . winning smile ... a bundle of tricks Ambition: College. Artistic rating—excellent . . . loves animals . . . horses, horses, crazy over horses. Dramatic Club 1; Music Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Sewing Club 3; Home Economics Club 2; Commercial Club 4, Program Committee 4. Ambition: Raise Horses. JOSEPH JOHN VIUEllA He joined us late but all we tan say is WOW Senior Court Judge 4. Ambition: Undecided. GRETCHEN LYNN WESSELS Muff . . . always calm, cool, and collected . . . drole humor . . . those wonderful posters. Athletic Association 2; Beocon 2; Junior Olympic Captain 2, 3; Publicity for Dances 2, 3, 4; Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4; Home Economics Club 2, Secretary 2; Social Dancing 3; Traffic Squad 3, 4; Motif Club 4, Program Choirman 4; Lamp Staff, Art Editor 4; Cheerleader 7, 3, 4. Ambition: Undecided. GILBERT ERNEST WISHART Gib . . . which one are you? . . . this one laughs more . . . Driscoll's soda-jerker. Biology Club 2; Basketball 1, 2; Chorus 1; Freshman Dance Committee 1. Ambition: Pharmacist. WALTER EVERETT WISHART Wad . . . Gib's double . . . reads the Saturday Review? . . . he works at Driscoll's, too. Biology Club 2; Basketball 1, 2; Baseball 2; Chorus 1; Co-chairman of Sophomore Dance 2. Ambition: Pharmacist. ELEANOR ANN YALE Sophistication plus . . . picture was in Loring's window . . . here, there, and everywhere. Music Club 1, 2, 4; Dance Committee 2; Biology Club 2; Dramatic Club 2, 3, 4; Motif Club 4, President 4. 15 Ambition: Undecided.

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AND TESTAMENT Carol Grigg's acrobatic ability to Millie Silluzio. Bob Guite's harem to George Kucharczyk. Charlie Heckler's....................................................laugh to Bob Bacon. Everett Hill..........................................................very happy to leave. Barbara Johnson's appetite to Joan Pickett. Sallie Johnson's two of her three loves—eating and laughing—to George Raymond—but she'll keep the third. Mary Lou Jorsey's habit of leaving classes early to anyone who can get away with it. Ronnie Kaszycki's ........................................................ Doris Carriere. Shirley Kellum's pleasing personality to Liz Cooney. June Knopf's journalistic ability to Alice Vibert. Jean Lamoureux's neat and tidy school books to Grace Volz. Doug Lowell's incessant talking to Jimmy Ulkas. Kathleen Luby's red hair to Lita Nelson. Marge Maitz's Vic, walking to school alone. Norman Margnelli needs everything he's got, sorry. Flo Mazzali's neat appearance to Marion Slater. Donald Masselle's good looks to the Class of '51. Edie Munson's ever ready smile to Lou Hanes. Dave McCain's....................................................... Toni to Dick Hall. Frances Nifosi's ability as a saleswoman to an ambitious Junior girl. Marilyn Orcutt's................................................... bangs to high brows. Shamy Pera's friendliness to Mildred Overstrom. Ralph Palumbo's position on the Traffic Squad to Geraldine Barr. Ellen Pipkin's athletic ability to Norma Beaulieu. Robert Pipkin's vacant spot in Room 8 to Dannie Schoell. Joan Potash's love of arguing to Jane Cornali. Bob Quarello's build, looks, brains, personality, jokes, etc. to some deserving Junior. Lois Rakowski's many worries to her sister, Lillian. Bob Roche's wisecracks to Gerald Barr. Regina Schnitzke's secretarial position to some deserving Junior. Bob Seaburg's tap dancing partner to Joe Cavallo. John Seibert's many good qualities to Madge. Eleanor Simons's many hours working in Miss LeVan's office to Marion Crowell. Charlene Smith's Mike Hines with the Junior Class. Gloria Theberge's brown eyes to Viola Helin. Frances Treichel's musical voice to Kay Lane. Eugene Uzpurvis's scholastic ability to Jean Parzych. Bertha Ventres's love of drawing horses to Larry Geremia. Joe Villella's................................................many fans to Bob Soroka. Gretchen Wessels's posters to the Junior Class. The Wishart's regular supply of gum to Dannie Rusczyk. Ellie Yale's carefree outlook to Shirley Knowles. In witness whereof we, representing the Class of 1950 of Berlin High School, do hereby set our hand and seal, this first day of June in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine-hundred and fifty. Witnesses: Mighty Joe Young Margaret O'Brien Sealed: Sallie Johnson Nancy Dyer